SERIES
Our Original Series' - spanning multiple genres, formats and overarching themes.
Submissions Closed
Closing date: 4th of May 2021
"NO MATTER WHAT, YOU'LL FIND OUT HERE:
WHEN THE NEEDLE DROPS..."
ARIZONA, 21XX
A cannibal DJ revels in the wasteland, his radio show a desperate attempt to connect with a dying world. These yarns were spun and passed onto him from a time before; his memory an opaque lens into generation’s lost. These cautionary tales may no longer apply to the everyday survival of those still left with beating hearts, but the few still left all know that they are far better off in the cruel wastes of this new world - alone - than within the stories told by waning breath, beneath the crushing drop of the needle…
Release
The Needle Drops… (TND) is a horror anthology containing a selection of contributed Short Fiction, Flash Fiction and Poetry.
Weaved between a varied selection of fiction from our contributors is Desert Drive - a graphic comic strip illustrated by Thom Simpson that begins a story told across volumes, crafting the mythology and introducing our anthologies' host: a cannibal radio DJ.
Alongside this is our Official Soundtrack, featuring eight original tracks, two of which will be crafted with our contributors fiction in mind.
Head below for everything TND on the Urhi blog, and become a Urhi Supporter today to go behind-the-scenes!
FEATURING FICTION FROM:
RUSSELL DORN
SOFIA EZDINA
DENNIS MOMBAUER
JANINA ARNDT
EMILY DORFFER
V. ASTOR SOLOMON
ROBERT BAGNALL
ALLISON LOUISE MILLER
M.C. SCHMIDT
GUSTAVO BONDONI
AVRA MARGARITI
SAOIRSE NÍ CHIARAGÁIN
ALEX DE-GRUCHY
T. WILLIAMS
RAISTLIN SKELLEY
ANDREW M. BOWEN
ALI SEAY
TIMI SANNI
AN GRACE
ANYA LEIGH JOSEPHS
DREW MARTYN
MARINA & SERGEY DYACHENKO
ANATOLY BELILOVSKY
JOHN GREY
ILLIMANI FERREIRA
LENA NG
AMANDA JANE
J. R. HIGGINS
MELISSA BOBE
MARK MILLS
"Desert Drive"
ILLUSTRATED BY
THOM SIMPSON
OFFICIAL OST
BY MVRLOK
CONTRIBUTED FICTION
The bulk of The Needle Drops... is composed of contributed fiction via our submission process, from a range of talent - whether new to the publishing world, or experienced authors.
Terms & Conditions
by Mark Mills
Flash Fiction
The new latest craze. Just a game, a bit of fun. Who needs to read the user agreement?
Terms & Conditions
by Mark Mills
Flash Fiction
The latest app craze; just harmless fun for a innocent sleepover. Who bothers reading the user agreement?
With a total of 13 Short Fiction features, and a further 19 Flash Fiction or Poetry contributions, The Needle Drops... Volume One intends to offer a broad range of the best the genre has to offer.
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Horror scores are intrinsic to the genre on the silver screen - so why not on paper?
Included physically in the Limited Edition, listen today over on our Soundcloud.
With a total of 8 original compositions - 2 based on our contributed fiction features - we hope to deliver the perfect accompaniment to your spooky late night read.
EXPLORE EVERYTHING TND
Alongside our final print & e-book publication, we also feature behind-the-scenes content and interviews with our contributors known as Beneath the Needle... on the Urhi blog.
